Supreme Alchemist-Chapter 2457 - 2447: Mercenary Guild

This mercenary town can be considered a relatively peaceful place, specifically because people here have become accustomed to a bland lifestyle, or rather a routine and unchanging life. After all, it’s a life of licking blood from the blade’s edge, where can you find any true peace?

A youth dressed in white walked along the path of the mercenary town, with vendors on both sides exhibiting a rich local flavor. The youth looked at the surrounding architecture with keen interest; the buildings here lean towards the style of the Demon Clan, perhaps due to cultural diffusion in the past. The youth had previously only seen such architecture in books.

Of course, this youth is none other than Long Yan, who just returned from inside the temple. The Cracked Earth Bear continuously carried Long Yan to the outermost area of the Demon Beast Forest, after which Long Yan allowed the Cracked Earth Bear to return to the Demon Beast Forest, choosing to walk into the town on his own. freewёbnoνel-com

"Excuse me, where is the Mercenary Guild?"

Although Long Yan wanted to explore the mercenary town a bit, he hadn’t forgotten the task that Old Madman had entrusted to him.

To become the top mercenary in this mercenary town—thinking of that meaningful glance Old Madman gave before leaving, Long Yan felt a bit uneasy. Supposedly helping him train, but previously threw him into the Demon Beast Forest and then muddled him with a task.

"Just past that intersection."

Even though Long Yan’s attire was peculiar, naturally due to the town’s prevailing mercenary culture, there are still many poets and travelers visiting seeking inspiration for their writing. At least, the Big Brother in front of Long Yan has already seen him countless times.

Long Yan thanked him and walked in the direction the man pointed. The bustling vendors around showed no sign of this town being adjacent to the Demon Clan, every face was brimming with smiles, not at all inferior to the life in a Great City.

Seems like this is the place.

Long Yan looked up at the signpost—four large gold-plated characters, Mercenary Guild. Just judging by this sign alone, Long Yan guessed that this Mercenary Guild must be the most affluent entity in the town.

He casually pushed open the Mercenary Guild’s gate; though he felt fine outside, a noisy clamor arose when Long Yan pushed open the gate. Typically, many mercenaries would enjoy a drink in their familiar shop, but most mercenaries are used to eating and drinking in the guild since this noisy atmosphere brings a nice feeling.

In the instant Long Yan opened the door, countless pairs of eyes fixated on him. The originally noisy crowd suddenly quieted down, even mercenaries who were originally brawling put down their glasses.

What would it feel like to be stared at intensely by a group of people?

Today, Long Yan experienced being intensely stared at by countless muscular burly men, almost as if a few would invite him for a wrestling♂match at any moment.

But Long Yan paid no mind to it. Next to the crowded hall of eating and drinking mercenaries was a separate little cabin where mercenaries received tasks and rewards, separated only by a door, as if two worlds.

Long Yan observed the room; the space wasn’t large but everything was orderly. Several people were sitting on the chairs, seemingly unaware of Long Yan, inspecting tasks on the panel, which Long Yan paid no attention to and walked directly to the counter nearby.

"Anything I can assist you with?"

Through the window, Long Yan saw a well-dressed woman, who seemed to be caught off guard by his approach to the counter, quickly said.

"Yes, there’s a matter."

Long Yan retrieved a handful of identity badges from his storage ring. Of course, these were taken from inside the temple; there should be plenty in the Corpse Mountain, but Long Yan didn’t have the time to take them.

"So many?"

The girl initially thought Long Yan was just some young man from elsewhere wanting to chat idly but seeing him throw this handful of identity badges onto the counter made her eyes almost light up.

Actually, Long Yan simply knew these identity badges could be exchanged for rewards from the Mercenary Guild, but unknown to him, the Demon Beast Forest is not a peaceful place, and naturally, many people go missing. Many family members, unable to enter the Demon Beast Forest, can only come to the Mercenary Guild.

Many wealthy families can issue tasks, but many poor families can only choose to wait at the entrance of the Mercenary Guild, hoping for a miracle.

Though most people hold no hope anymore, as grim endings in the Demon Beast Forest are easy to imagine.

So Long Yan’s move was somewhat helpful to the Mercenary Guild, while simultaneously extinguishing the faint hopes of all the families at the table, suddenly making Long Yan feel a bit guilty.

"How should I address you?"

The personnel gathered the identity badges into a pile, asking Long Yan through the window.

"Long Yan..."

"Thanks to you, the identity badges will be converted into rewards for you according to the value."

The woman glanced at the pile of identity badges; just this quantity could amount to a few pieces of gold. She couldn’t fathom how the person in front of her had acquired them, indeed somewhat terrifying.

In fact, when Long Yan first entered, the woman had already noticed him. However, Long Yan didn’t seem like the other muscular mercenaries, rather like a pretty boy, so she didn’t pay much attention to Long Yan’s presence.

But now, she underwent a dramatic change internally, treating Long Yan with more respect.

Long Yan paid no attention to these matters, gently tapping his right hand on the counter and said,

"There’s no need for such hassle. I want to become a mercenary. Deduct the necessary amount from these if insufficient, I’ll cover it, and if there’s any surplus, you can deposit it in the identity badge."

The identity badges used by mercenaries contain a certain amount of money, which ensures sufficient food and drink. This is one reason why the Mercenary Guild collects the identity badges, according to the custodial agreement, they extract ten percent if there are funds inside.

"Sure, please wait a moment."

After saying this, the woman turned around to handle Long Yan’s procedures. With nothing to do, Long Yan only stared at the task board.

Though the area on the task board wasn’t large, there were various kinds of tasks available, from acquiring Cracked Earth Bear’s paw up to fish and shrimp in the surrounding Demon Beast Lake, all sorts of tasks.

However, this task board is only for Human-level and Earth-level tasks. It’s said that Sky-level tasks have their own board, containing tasks of extraordinary difficulty.

At that moment, Long Yan spotted a slightly yellowed sheet of paper in a corner, with several now faded characters printed on it.

"Explore the temple in the mid-section of the Demon Beast Mountains, Reward: 500 taels of gold."

As Long Yan wanted to take a closer look, a strong Big Hand grabbed Long Yan’s wrist.

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